Bandeau



N. EICHEL July 26, 192'?o BANDEAU Filed Aug. 2l. 1925 mvmon Name en cHEL ATTO Patented July 26, 1927. u

UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE.

NELLIE EICI-IEL, O1? ST. LOUIS, lMISSOURI.

BANDEAU.

Application iiled August 21, 1925. Serial No. 51,565.

My invent-ion relates to a bandeau or pad adapted to be attached either directly to the material of a hat or to the lining thereof. Bandeaux` embodying a metallic band or wire ring have heretofore been used extensively in connection with hats of stift material. Such bandeaux, however, cannot be successfully used in hats of felt or othei' soft material such, for example, as those known as sport hats.

The principal object of the present iiivention is to so construct a bandeau that it may, with equal facility and practical success, be applied either to soft or stiff hats.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of bandeau made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a cross section of a hat to which my bandeau is applied, one side of the bandeau being in section and the other in elevation; Figure 2 is a fragmentary face view of a por tion of the bandeau; Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section; and Figure i is a detail view of one of the fastening devices.

rIhe hat, indicated at 5, to which my bandeau is applied, may be of any suitable shape and material. In the drawings I have shown a soft felt hat of the sport type. While, as hereinbefore stated, the bandeau may be attached directly to the material ot' the hat, I have shown the hat as provided with a lining 6, to which the attachment is made.

The bandeau is formed from a strip of textile fabric, such as sill, which is folded upon itself, as shown in Figure 3, so as to form an inner or facing layer 7, a backing layer 8, and at the upper edge an outer or overlapping layer 9. These threclayeis are fastened together by a row of stitchingl() to form a pocket to receive a draw string or tape 11. Arranged at the lower edge of the device between the facing layer 7 and the backing layer 8 are inner and outer padding strips 12 and 13 respectively. The inner padding strip 12 is formed of some soft material while the outer strip 13 is of stiff ii'iaterial, such as biickram, which will give the device the necessary rigidity in an' edgewise direction without materially decreasing` its fiexibility laterally. Supported by the strip 13 are the fastening devices which, in the form shown, consist of hook sl aped wire members each comprising a body portion 14 adapted to pass around or through the buckram strip, and an upwardly projecting recurved point 15.

In applying my bandeau the points 15 of the fastening members are forced upwardly either into the material of the hat, or if the hat is lined, into the material of the lining, as shown in the drawings, the recurved form of the points causing them to pass back out ef the material, as shown in Figure 3. As the points of the hooks project upwardly the weight of the hat when worn will tend to hold the pierced material against the bottom of the hooks instead of tending to hold the point out of the material as would be the case if the fasteners were reversed. The shape of the point also tends to prevent the withdrawal of the hooks, and further facilitatcs the bending of the point toward the body after the hook is in position thus clampingl a portion of the material between the two parts. The draw string 11 enables the upper edge of the bandeau to be accurately adjusted to the size of the hat.

I-Iavi n g fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Iletters Patent of the United States is:

A pliable non-resilient band-eau for hats, comprising casing of pliable textile material, a pliable strip of material within the casing and having substantial rigidity in the direction of its width, and pin members passing through one wall of the casing and each secured to the strip at two points one above the other, the hat engaging portions of the pins extending upwardly adjacent to the outei face of the casing.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiix my signature, this 19th day of August, 1925.

NELLIE EICI-IEL. 

